Monday, February 27, 2012

A FEW Thrifted Treasures to see me through a RAINY day....!

Howdy Fellow Recyclers....!

I hope as always this post finds you well & happy....! Following the heat over the weekend Melbourne has had two days of rain....Alas....As MUCH as we need it, it's DEVASTATING for those of us who like to 'shop' the Hard Rubbish as perfectly WONDERFUL pieces tend to become soggy messes when it rains....**sigh**....Nevertheless....I did manage to snag this BEAUTIFUL painting yesterday....She was sitting under a tree on top of a box & was PERFECTLY dry when I spied her....**HAPPY DANCE in the middle of the street**....!!!!!!

This is by far & away the OLDEST painting I've ever found....PRE Victorian at a guess....!

She has a couple of tears which hemming tape at the back will fix enough for me to enjoy her....LUCKILY, these MINOR (to me) blemishes are nowhere near her beautiful face & torso....!!!

....Breathtaking no....!!

I'm getting a head start on Mr SVJ's Christmas present with this book....He's a Master Cabinet Maker so I'm hoping the 'amateur' reference won't offend him as he DOES think quite highly of his skills....!!

The calendar tea towel was a LUCKY find this morning....It's the FIRST one I've found 'in the wild' in almost 10 years....KEEPER....!!

The painting is off the chain. Also the Union Jack is awesome. I just found an enormous sewing box full of vintage sewing notions that I love but I do not sew at all. I do mend by hand though. happy hunting, olive

I LOVE the painting! I'm sure the previous owners thought it was junk with the tears, but we all know that's simply not true. My favorite painting has worse tears than that. Sooo not junk! (Come to think of it, most of the actual canvas paintings I have, and that's not many, have tears in them.)

Oh my you found some great treasures. It won't be long before you'll be in junkers heaven! I'm not sure if you can find the magazine at Wal-mart or not, I'm still trying to find it too. Have a great weekend, T